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' Ml a n A A THE OrriCtAL AND LEADING OP G3LUAM COUNTY. HAS THRCa TIMES Ti:J CCtUT:,' op any paper in the county; CONDON , Pulllihed Every Thursday by . S. A. Pattlrton Kdllor nil Proprietor. SUBICMPTIOM RATE. On year (la advance) , , II not paid In advance.., S.W Bit month , i.ou Three months , , do Mtng ! ewplM , , ,o ADTEKTISINU KATIES. , Profetalonal tarda... ....1 too p month One square 1.S0 per awaia One-quarter column per moat One-halt column..... S.oo psr month On column io.uo per month Business locals will becharircd at to mm per r lint iiiHrtlun and ft cuta per lius thereafter. Lefral advertisements will In all owt 1 Charg-ed to ih party orderiwr thm, si l,irt rates, and paid lor befor amdavtt it lurniahwi. VOL. XIII. CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OKEQON, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1903. NO. 9. GLOBE V' r. ' 4 Entered al the W.tnfflee at Condon, Oresuti, ' wnmii man metier. M K. VAN' VAt'TOU. , TTORXEY AT LAW. tiilies corner Main Street and Oregon Avsuue CONDON, OltKtiON. IW. DAIU.IVji. i. ATTORNEY-ATUW. Notary Public and Coavcyanccr. CONDON, UllKOON A. PATTIHON.' ' ' ' NOTARY PUBLIC. '4 (! In (iluU rlillldlnl. CONDON, OUKtiON J. Y. WOOD, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. fey and Night Call" I'roin lly Answered. Olllcs Ikiwuliif Hullilliif , Hprlng Hireet, ' CONDON, OKKOON I) K. ft. K. U.KA. rilYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Pay and Nlg)t Calls Promptly Attended. OlTIr second door south of Condon Pharmacy MAIN MTKKfcT, CONDON, OKKOON m I. NICK UN. T. DENTIST. omre Over Wilson Pharmacy. CONDON, oitKooS C. S. PALMER. . Artistic Barber sleek shaves and hair-cuts; Raxors Honed and Re-Ground CONDON, OREGON. abd union Papu: 3 TRAINS EAST DAILY Through Pullman standard and tour ist aleeplng cars daily to Omaha, Chi v cago, Spokane; tourist sleeping car daily to. Kansas city ; through rullman tourist " Kleenirig cars (personally conducted), weekly to Chicago, KaiiHits City, St. Ixittia and Mioiinhia ; reclining chair earn vHv-ntH free) to too Kust daily. -' '''. Oconh steamers between Portland and ' i- Biin 'FruitciikHi every five days. LOW RATES! Tickets to and from all parts of tlie .'llnitwd.' Statea, -j Canada- and Europe Far particulars call on or address 6. TIERNE,Yf Agerjt. , . i v t - f-r. r . , . Arlington, . pr egon 0. R. IN. TIME TABLE , ... . EAST BOUNp ..,.it No.. 2 Chiciigo Special ........ 2 :32 & M N6.'4 RpokKne Hyer.. 11 :(X) P M ' "No, 0 Mail & Express 1 :30 A M ,'i:V:4'i'''v, ..'WESTBOUND No. 1 Portland Speornl. 11:15 A M No, 3 Portland Flyer... ...... 2:18 A M ' No, 5 Mail & Express. 6:00 A M v ,- s vp; TIEHNEY, Agent, i Arlington, Or. WhiteHanii A Talo of tha Early Settlers l cf Louisiana. X BY AUSTIN C. DURDICK t CHAPTKU XXI. Slowly and painfully draped away tb hour and tba day to th poor sick wire lu New Orli-ane. Old I.oppa was very kind, ami ao was tlie phyi'iiia. Yet l.ouUa liad very evre nlikn.', ol a part of tlie t in al.e wa out of l.r bead. Hut critdintlly tbt didlrlum paxai-d way, ami ulie vtn at 4tijrtlt able to ait n l. 'J'brce wifka bml abt lain thua ere lie could Him- from lnr ImmI ; but on tba fourth week alio ' able to walk about the room. It wm at tbe e of tba fourth 'f-k that )nr bunlmud n-turn.d. "Have I been away lougcr tlmu you eKpivtcdT" lie axked. No," wit the oub't reply, "for I've txpm-U'd notbiiiK about it." 'All!' uttcii'd Sim. n, with alio- ft chnitrlit, "I have Impr too nlik to expect any IhliiX," pxplniiii'd I.oiilm'. Ul" uttered the huHbaod, more utllil- ly. "Yea-1 lme been very al.k. I even feared at oue time 1 ehuuld Uvver iea )UII 8uln." There waa aoinelhlnif no plqiunt in this that Simon was sure there wan nareaam in It, but he ehoe not to i'xpoo hie iluiililn. "1, too. have bem In Id up." be anid, aftr Kuxhitf iuio her fuco for aome uio- IIU'lllH. , "Ah how? ' I ant Iced your hand waa rolled In niK". What has hapH'DidT Have Juu beeu fiijlitliin the wliked lu diniiNV" Aguln Hjuoii bit hU lip, but he kept calm. "I have Imd a duel on your aeeouut." "I it po-wlble? How was W" "1 heard you Inliulted most j,'roly, and I would not bear it." "Vmi ahoiild not hare borne It, at leant, if you loved your wife, Uut who wua It?" "Uoupart Kt. Denis." lml Niarted. . "Kxplaiu," nlie mild, earues:ly aud c.ig erly. "Ha! the name moves you, does It If'' "Why should it not?, Vou know he was on.'e a lover of mine." This open avowal, so frauk and hon est; stemed to plenne Lobols, and be went on to cxplnlu: "No miitier what was sail, but St. IK'tils struck me. Of eoursu 1 challenged him. We ebon awords. Your father waa prexeht, llu would have atopped it if he could, for be feared I ahotild get hurt."' "As you did." "Listen. We ft need awhile, an ! I found that the boy was st my mercy. Twice I refused to press uiy point upon bis open bosom. Finally, when I saw that 'twould be downright murder for me to kill him, I bade him put up his sword. asked me for what for he knew not thatT only toyed with him. 'This is only Iwy's play,' auld I. 'Then put tip your sword,' aaid he. I did so. and just as my point touched the ground he brought me a blow acrong tho baud. What do you think of thatr "Perhaps 1 ought not to speak my thoughts." "Surely you ought. What do you think of ItT" "Well, then, 1 think you have told me very flue story." "Kh? lo you doubt my word?" "Doubt you? Doubt the word of Si mon Lobols? Believe that my own hus band could speak falsehood? Never, Si mon never!" Sharply the scamp looked Into Louise's face, but he could detect nothing- there, save a calm, cool exprextilou of utter sim plicity; yet he knew she was quizzing hlin. "But you did not tell me how this all came out," she said. "What did you do after Uoupart had struck you ou the hand?" "What could I do? My hand was pow erless. I might have knocked him down with my left hand, but I spared him. He was beneath all notke, save that of mere contempt." "Poor Goupart! Did he know how deep was your contempt for him?" "What mean you?" "Why, simply that you could have in flicted uo worse punishment upon h'm than to have let him know that you held him in contempt It must have nearly killed him!" "Look ye, my flue girl, you are ventur ing ou dangerous ground. You may say too much!" uttered Lobuis, now showing nlshnger. Louise bowed her head a moment, and he seemed to think that her companion spoke the truth, for she quickly replied, after she looked up: "Excuse me pardon me. I hava but just recovered from a severe sickness, and my first feelings were naturally those of joy and gladness, and you know how often you and I have joked and pestered each other. We have often said very hard things in jest, and I have even pull ed your hair till you fairly cried with pain, and yet you never got provoked be fore." ' This was spoken so earnestly, and with so much apparent feeling, that Siuiun was,, mollified in a. moment "Let It pass," he laid; "only In future choose a light, occasion fo light convert aation. . And now to something of more importance. , AVuen Can you be ready to go ap the river?" "At any time," answered Louise. "Very well. I will see the physician this evening, and be governed somewhat jiy bis advice." .... ' Shortly after this Lobols went out, and when he returned he reported that the doctor would come In the morning. . So that night Louise was left with Loppa, and on the next morning the do. tor came, and' with him came the anxious husband. The former examined his patient care fully', and he expressed the opinion that the wife should not undertake the jour ney under a week at least. , "Then I lelievs I shall go to Biloxl. There is a ship ready to sail, and 1 have some business to do there." Louise expressed her entire willingness, so Simon resolved to go. In truth he was now expecting soon to be master of n Immense fortune, and be was prepar ing the way to put It to Immediate use, bla main object being to obtain profita ble cargo to return to France, whither he meant to take bla wife si soon s he could tllspoae of the few remaining ol slselee that aloud in bin way. He alert ed that very night f r Biluxl, and bis wife was once more left to the kind care of her sable attendant. A week panned away, and br husband csme not. Shu bad now so far regained her health thst she could walk out in company with Loppa, and the rose wss II bai-k to her cheek. Another week pasaed, and she wis well and Jimt as she begun to won ler if any accident bad happened to her bus baud be made bis appearance. That my day there was a barge to start up the river. New Orleans was all alarm aud excitement. The gsrriaon at Natcbei had been surprUed by the Indian, an I nearly every aoul murdered! On y n bad encapel, and four of thrme had tu.s ery morning readied the town. lor. Perler bad sent measeiigers np to the plantation along ou the river to put the French on their guard; ami now to s barge, full of soldiers, waa about to start up to see if any assistance was required anywhere on the way, and lu the mean time a council of o Ulcer a was to be hold to determine wliat further should Le done. . Iolol gained psssage for himself nnl wife, but they were forced to put up with such aceoinmodatloas as the others had, save that a nlnltered place wa fix ed for LonUe, near the atern, lu consid eration of her recent illness. Of course the pannage up, against the current, was slow, the heavy barge not making a headway of over three miles sn hour, sod stopplug sometimes st the few plantation un the way, so that it was not until the morning of the fifth day that they reached ttie establishment of Brion Kt Julien. But the captain of the boat concluded not to go up to the cha teau, so Simon and Ms wife were land ed at the mouth of Walnut river, and from thence they made their way up on foot. Tbey bad gained about half the dis tance when they were startled, on mak ing a turn upon the river's bank, by see ing a smsll canoe ahead with two In diana lu it "Why!" uttered Loboia, after gasing upon the strange scene a few moments, "they are Nstcbei Indians. Do the vil lains mean harm here?" "Bather a small party for thst," said Louise, upon whose mind the sight of a Ntachei bad not thai peculiar effect that it bad upon her companion's. "But we'll watch them. Here let us keep further away from the bank, 'and then we can follow them, and not be seen. They surely mean to approach the house. Come, let's hasten, and we'll have them captured. Of course tbey had' a hand In th dreadful massacre." Lotilne made no objet-tion to this, and accordingly they took the cross path, and ere long they reached the garden. Half way np tba wide path they walked, and here they came to the cloaed gate of the barricade; but a few loud calls from Si mon brought old Tony forth, and tbey were soon wirhia the enclosure, 'i h faithful negro could at first hardly believe his eyes. He gssed upon the "appera shun," as he afterwards called It, and finally a big tear rolled 'down his sable cheek. ' "Mam'selle Louise !".he ganped, extend ing his broad hands. "Bless heaven!" With glistening eyes she returned the faithful fellow's grasp and salutation, and then bounded away towards the bonne, for she saw her father upon the plana; she waited not for her husband now. "Father!" The frantic parent caught his child to bin bimom, aud with streaming eyes be murmured his thanks, for in that mo ment of reunion he forgot the dark cloud that hung over his loved one. . Before the old man had found his tongue Simon had readied the plaits. "My father," he uttered, "forgive me If I am abrupt but you have heard of the dreadful massacre at Fort Rosalie?" "Yea.-" "Well, there are two Notches Indians making their way up here In a canoe. Perhaps they know not of our habitation. I-et men be sent out at once to capture them, and we will Interrogate them, at least. That was enough for Tony, for he had followed Simon to the house, and heard this remark. Ever since tlie abduction of his young "mas'r and missus," he had longed to get hold of an Indian, and here was a chance. "Only two ob 'um, d'ye say, Mas'r Si mon?" "That's all, Tony." "I'll hah 'um!" And with this the stout Afrlc disappeared, and In a few moments more he had four stout companions at his heels on his way to the river. In the meantime, Simon followed the marquis and bla child into the house, and w1en they reached the sitting room, they found St. Denis there. He looked np aud saw the marquis; then he saw Simon Lobols, and then his eye rested upon thivt female form. lie started to his feet and turned pale as death. That loved face was turned upon him; those soft eyes, now swimming in teara, were bent upon his own, and her name dwelt upon his Hps. "My. wife, Monsieur. St. Denis," said Lobois, in malignant triumph. "O, my soul!" burst from the wretch ed man's lips, and covering his face with his hands, he sank back upon his chair. Louise seemed upon the point of apeak Ingi but at that moment the tramp of feet and tho sound of voices were heard in the hall, and in a moment more the door was thrown unceremoniously open. CHAPTER XXII.' "Bless heaven!" cried old' Tony, bound ing Into the hall at a wild hop and plant lug himself directly in the middle of the floor. - "We's cotched 'um, mas'r we'a cotched 'um, an here dey am!" Ji At this White Hand and Coqualla came, forward.. Simon Lobois was the first to recognise,' beneath the Natches garb and the. walnut stain,, the youth whom, he had hoped to destroy, and a stifled cry broke; from his lips, while he turned pale and trembled like an aspen. The next to recoguice the living truth was Louise, - and with one bound the brother and sister were in each other's arms. - Their stifled exclamations, of joy awoke the parent to his senses, and in a moment more he held thorn both upon his bosom. "My children," he cried, raising his streaming eyes to heaven, "O, how blest is tlds moment! Almost it makes me feel to bow In humble resignation to the dreadful blow that has bwo Inflictawi oo me. I "Louie, my dear boy." at this Juncture exclaimed Simon, having now recoveiej bis preaeuce of mind suKkiently to bide his resl emotions of fesr sed chagrin. "Dear Louis, let me welootue you bsck ;r;.M.poke u d . tended his baud. The ynth gated upon him a moment In stern siit-uce. "Simon Loliols," he uttred, drawing proudly up, "I did not think you would offer me that hand!" " "How a ehT gasped the wretch,' turning pale again. "You should not thus reject the band"of your brother in-law." White Hand started. "Brother-in law!" be reptated.' Are you mad?" ' " -"No I am husband." ? : ' White llsud crossed ever, to wliere I-ouine stood snd took ar by the Land. A. .W .t. v'" flnt; V;Uenatkm by hm, concessioner other IU M I ii7 J U HI U lUiUllj IffWRIUS tJIMWM, Villain," he exclaimed, "you forced her to 'this.'" "She consented to the marriage," re turned Kiiuon, triumphantly. St. Denis sprsng to his feet He mov ed to Louise's side, and grssped her band. "Iouise," he ssid, In a broken voice. "tell me, alt; tell me if you gave thi. man your heart; for Id the years of dark-1 ncita that shall follow this Wow, it will afford a glimmer of light to know I am not all forgotten by my soul s idol." "(Joupart, he forced me to tbj mar ring. " "Silence!" thundered Lobols, starting towards where the speaker stool. 'Lou ice, remember you sre uiy wife, and ss such I claim obedience. Breathe an th( r word of calumny on my head and III make you wish' your tongue had Ixea torn out by the rootn ere you used it so." "Simon, you know you did force me to become your wife." At this moment St Denis started np, and his dark eyes burning with tire, he said: "Stand back, villain! You are ber i un bind, but dare to' interfere now anl I'll smite you as I would a venomous rep tile." "And I am with you, Goupsrt" added White Hand, starting forward, and clenching his fists. "Uo on, sister." Simon Lobois gazed first upon St. Den is, and then upon the dark-skinned youth, snd he feared them. Then be looked to wards the aged parent who stood with his hands to his eyes sobbiug as though his poor heart would break; and the vil lain evidently felt uncomfortable. "I refused him at first," continued the unfortunate oue, "and told him I loved Goupart St. Denis. Then he told me be bad seen my father's wealth accumulate under his care, -and had looked on a part of it aa belonging to him, and ho would not now see another come in and snatch that wealth away. He determined to have his share. I told him If he forced me to become bta wife I would beg ot my father ta alve tne not a sou. Then he wore If sut-h a thing were done, he would make my life such s scene of tor ture I should pray for death to come and relieve me." "Liar!" hissed Simon. "No no," c!m!y replied Loui.se; "I speak but truth." Then turning to her listeners: "But I refused to marry him, and on the very next night after mid night two stout men came and carried me away. I was weak and faint thin, for 1 had but just recovered from sick ness. Yet they carried me away and locked me in a dark prfcon house. They refused me both food aud drink. . There I came nigh famishing with hunger aud thirst At length the villain came to me; and when I begged for a drop of water be swore I. should have none till I had promised to be his wife! My mind was fluttering, and thirst made me frantic. I promised to be hit wife! Then he brought me bread and milk; he took me from the prison, and soon arrangements were made for the wedding. He had ob tained the consent of the colonial gov ernor, and we were married in the church, the governor himself being pres ent. When the priest put his questions to me, I was burning with ferer, and a dreadful sickness was upon me. Yet my mind was not shaken. I promised to the best of my abilities to do all he had ask ed of me. Then we were pronounced man and wife, and I begged of him to hurry away, for I was faint and sick. I reached our home; the fever se'xed me, and raged for many weeks. Health came at last, and I reached my father's house." (To be continued.) When the Roosters Crow. The feelings of some honest folk from the country when they visit a large city have been very accurately described, by a Chicago paper, ami as this old farmer says, there's very little difference be tween city and country If you only look for the things which they have in com mon. v "I'm all right in Chicago if I can hear the roosters crow once In a wfclle," said John, "but when I don't hear them I get pretty homesick, and want to hurry back to the old farm In Ford County. That's why I always pick out lodgings as close as I can get to Soutn Water street. "I come up here once In a while on business of my own, and I feel at home well enough down at the stock-yards In the daytime, where the hogs grunt and the cattle bellow, but I'm lonesome at night when I can't hear the roosters. "I reckon If you was down on my farm a night or two, you'd be mighty glad to hear a street-car gong, or a steamboat whistle, or a wagon clatter ing over the stones. When a fellow has heard a rooster crow about sunup every mornins ror rony years, ue aoesn t reel Just right when he gets where there are no roosters. "lou can taiK aa you p;ease about your clean city ana your "city beautl ful, as the newspapers call it, but I'd rather smell a clover field In this town, when I'm lonesome than the sweetest flowers you've got oh State street. "I recollect Parson Cross saying once, In a1 sermon, that a touch of nature makes the whole world kin; Somehow when I hear a rooster crow up here, or a sheep bleat, or get the smell of a stable, it makes me feel that Chicago, people ain't so much different from us -on the farm, after all" " ! RUSSIA DEMANDS ANSWfcR. Wants to Know Why China Rejects Her j Terms S . , ' , 1 London, May 4. In't dispatch from Pekln the correspondent of the Times ! in - needjr with all th ministers of the Chine e office, M. 'Pianchon, Knaeian charge d'affaires, pressed for reasons for the rejection of the Russian de mands. The. minlatere replied that they were unable lo give the reasons separately. M. Planchon then, on be- . half of hi government, reo nested a Utement of China's Intentions, first, the contemplated alteration in the gov ernment o( Mongolia-. naent. tha nnn. wise of any portion of the Liaou valley to any other power, and, third, the opening of new treaty ports in Man churia. To the first clause the ministers re plied that the alteration had not re ceived imperial sanction; to the second; , " ., tb China had no intention of alienat- ing any of her territory; and to the ,hird tht th , - f M ucjicuu upou uaue developments. M. Planchon professed to be satisfied with these answeie, int the Chinese are still uncomfortable, -knowing how impossible it ia for her to resist Rus sia's demand. It is announced that M. Letaar, the Russian minister to China, is returning to Pefcin, and that the fulfillment of the terms of the Manchnrian convention will be post poned until after his arrival and will result from his negotiations. 'The fact thafRuseia now appears anxious to repudiate the orders given M. Planchon," concludes the Times correspondent, "does not mean that her demands have been abandoned; by these orders Russia has acquainted China with what she expects." NAVAL OFFICERS BRIBED.- Charge of Doodling Against Builders of Philippine dunboats. Victoria, B. C, May 4. Two Jap anese papers publish stories to the effect that the American officers sent over to watch the construction of the Manila gunboats for the United States by the Uruguay dock company were bribed and passed work which resulted in structural defects in the first gun boat. I be Nirokn Shimpo says that three United States officers superintended the construction of the first gunboat and some Japanese officers who took her to Manila saw that, although outwardly the vessel was well constructed, there were some defects. They reported to Washington, and new inspectors were sent, and the bur gunboats now on the stocks are being reconstructed at a heavy loes to the builders. The Japan Mail discredits the stories of bribing. CABLE TO MANILA. Will Be Finished by Next Independence Day If Possible. . Chicago, May 4. A dispatch from Washintgon, D. C, rays: By July 4 there v ill be direct cable communica tion between tho United States and the Philippine islands. This promise has been made by Vice President Ward, ofthe Postal cable company, daring an extended conference with the assistant secretary of the navy. Since the cable was opened to Hono lulu the work of laying the cable from Hawaii across the Pacific has proceeded with great rapidity. The present plan is to time things, so it will be possible to make the Fourth of July, 1903, in Manila memorable by the establish ment of communication with the home government, through an American di iect cable. Fire Destroys Oil Wells. Bradford, Pa., May 4. Late advices from Watsonville, the town reported to have been wiped out by fire, indicate that it escaped almost miraculously from the fate which had been predicted foi it. The property losses in the vi cinity, however, are large. Mount Jcwott also escaped with small losses. But in the vicinity of Simpson and Bingham bte destruction cf oil prop erty was complete over a wide area. It is estimated that at least 1,000 oil wells in McKean county were de stroyed. , Surplus Still Grows. Washington, May 4. The monthly statement of government finances shows that for the month of April, 1903, the total receipts were $43,426,100 and the expenditures $41, 763,814, leaving a surplus for the month of $1,563,286. Custom receipts showed an increase for the month of $1,640,000, and the in- tamal lAvnnnA recemts a decrease ol $3,102,000 For, the 10 months of the present fiscal year the receipts exceeded the expenditures oy soo,4ia,04o, Ounboat to the Rescue. Pekin. May 4. The United . States consul at Canton has notified Minister Conger that a mob recently attacked a party of engineers' at work on the Can-ton-Hanow railroad. The United States gunboat Callao was dispatched to the nearest point up the river to aid the engineers. Mr. Conger has requested the Chinese foreign office to investigate the matter and instruct tho viceroy to J give the engineersjprotection. ' - I HAPPENINGS HERO IN OREGON WANT HIGH PRICES. rUrion County Fruit and Wool Men Or ganlz Union for Mutual Benefit Union among producer! to compel competition among buyers was the watchword at the meetings of fruit growers and wooigrowers in Salem last Saturday. The prodners propose to stand together for their mntual benefit and to compel borers to bid against each other for the produce tbey have to sell. To secure the highest price the market will warrant is the porpoe, and those who are identified with the unions feel confident of a soccoesfal outcome of the co-operative movement. About 50 owners of sheep met and organized the Marion coanty wooigrow ers' association. A sales committee was sppointed. Committees were also appointed to draft resolutions as a basis for the organization and to prepare a constitution. A large committee, com posed of residents of different parts of the coanty, will be appointed to solicit membership. The Palem fruitgrowers' onion, which was organized last year, held a meet ing to discuts the methods of disposing of this year's crop of berries and cher- iesC It waa the general opinion that competition must govern the prices, bnt after the early fruit has been disposed of the Salem cannery will be given the preference at the same price that shall be 3ffered by shippers. . . The growers were a nnit in voicing their loyalty to the cannery and assert ed their intention to give the cannery their patronge, provided that the pro prietor would meet the prices of ship pers. Some of the early fruit will be shipped fresh, while the prices are high, nut after that the fruit will be offered to the cannery in preference to shipping fresh, the price being the same or better. An earnest desire for the success of the cannery was ex pressed by many, for the reason that this enterprise furnishes a market for the fruit and prevents a glut in the local market. A determination to pro- dace a batter quality of fruit was also expressed. POWER FROSl SIKIYOUS. ffaraeascd Streams Will Give Light and Motion to Southern Oregon Cities. An agreement for the sale of the en tire plant and equipment of the Ash land electric power and light company to the Sbkiyon electric power and light company has been entered into between reprfBenttaives of the two companies. The California company, it is under stood, takes over the entire stock of the local company and pays a substantial premium over the face value for it. The California company is developing extensive power on Fall creek and Kt&uu&th river on the tooth side of the Siskiyou mountains which will be transmitted across the mountains to the valley, supplying mines and small towns on the way with light ?and pow er, including the towns of Kiamathon and llornbrook and a number of quartz mills in that vicinity. The Churchill Bros., bankers, of Sis kiyou coanty, and Alex Rosenborough, of Oakland, Cal., are the cohtroling in fluences in the new company, and they claim to have available in the waters of fall creek and Klamath river total horsepower resources of 22,000 which it ia proposed to develop and with it promote electric railways and manu facturing enterprises throughout South ern Oregon and Northern California. Desire Better Train Service. The matter of train service, which has been agitated considerably by Cor vallis. Independence, Amity, McCoy, McMinnville and Monmouth, is again being taken np. The matter will be brought before the officers at San Fran cisco. Strike in Bohemia Mine. The Crystal consolidated mining company, of Cottage Grove, is in re ceipt of infotm'aiion'from Bohemia that a four foot vein of base ore has just been struck in its lower tunnel. Bids Opened on Land. The state land board Tuesday Opened bids for the purchase of sections 16 and 36, in township 31 south, range 9 west, and section 16, in township 31 sooth, range . 10 west, which townships were recently surveyed. There were several bids, ranging from $2.50 to $4.25, the land being sold at the latter figure. It is understood that there are several homesteaders on the land and that the purchasers from the state will have a contest. Outfitting at Eugene. Colonel A. B. French, of the coast geodetic and georgapbical eurv8y, is now in Eugene making preparations and outfitting for a trip to the regions of the Blue river, and Bohemia mines, where he will make some surveys for the government. He will have 20 to 25 men in his party. River Strikers Won at La drande The striking river drivers have again gone to work, having won their terms from Manager Mnrphy, of the Grande Ronde lumber company. They are to have.$3.50 per day and board and lose no time. They will a' so receive wages and expenses for the six days ot the strike spent in town. ' rOR A GREAT STATE FAIR. Larger Appropriations for Agricultural Premiums Interest Increasing. The state fair thie fall will mean more to Oregon as an advertising medi um than it ever has before. The large Immigration now coming to this state gives the people of the different sections of Oregon an opportunity to represent their resources and advantaaes to a large nnmber of new-comers at compar atively little cost. A majority of those who coma to the coast sofkir? new homes do not In vest "untJX"ater ihvy " have spent several weeks or even ' months looking areata. Their desire is to find the locality that will suit their individual preferences and occo- Dations best. Throntrh tha annnal fair it wiil be possible to present, in an attractive form, information regarding the industries of every county ia the state, and by visiting the fair, strang ers will learn more about the different - localities than they could in any other way at the same expense. ' The last lest si at are increased tha state fair appropriation from $8,000 a year to $10,000. and it ia nrovided that all this sum must be offered and award ed as premiums for agricultural and other industrial products. The increase in tbe appropriation for oreminma ia sufficient to make it certain that if the season be favorable to crops, this year's lair will be ahead of anything yet had. Big Mills Start Up. The big planing mill and sash and door factory of Williams Bros. & Ken- ' dall, in Grants Pass, have begun opera tions. While not all of the machinery bas been installed, enough is in place to allow work to begin that the owners of the mills may make a start on the long list of orders for building material tbey have on band. These mills are the second in size of their class on the Pacific coast. Ihey, contain over 30 machines of various kinds, np-to-date and of the best pattern, for cutting and finishing a grades. Government Surveyors at Albany. A government surveying party, con sisting of C. II. Semlei, C. P. Jones, A. D Patterson. PrnW Nb1 P.. Zel ford, ia la JU imafprepurijag to mka a saiver of that Dart ol tha n!la. The survey is for a general toooersDh- ical map, and lines wiil be ran out from Albany in ail directions 224 fnt above the sea level. ' " Fast Cutting the Timber. .. Van Houten & Messenger have re ceived tbe machinery for a new caw- mill, to be erected in the timber east of union with a capaciiv of 20.000 feet per day. A number of other mills are. going in, and within a month it is esti mated there will be- eight sawmills in operation near that city. . Vanity Cannot B PwsMefit. -Rev. George R. Varney has sent a note to the board of trustees of the McMinnville college, refusing to allow his name to be used as a successor of President Boardman. . Mr. Varney had previously been elected pastor of the New Whatcom Baptist cbnrch, which refused to release him. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 707U; Mae- stem, f676c; valley, 7576e. Barley Feed, $21.60 per tori; brew Ing, $23. Floor Beat grade, $3.P54.25 , grab am, $3.453.85. MillstufiV Bran, $19 per ton; middlings, $ 24; shorts, $19.50(20, chop, $18. Oats No. 1 white, $1.15 $ 1.20; gray, $1.12)$'($1.15 per cental. Hay Timothy, $13913.50; clover, $1011; cheat, $1112 per ton. Potatoes Best Bnrbanka, 50c per sack; ordinary, 25 40c per cental, growers' prices; Merced sweets, $33 3.60 per cental. ' : Poultry Chickens, mixed, ll12c; young, 13314c; hens, 12c; '.turkeys, live, 1617c; dressed, 2022c; ducks, $77.50 per dozen; geese, $6(g8.5Q. Cheese Full cream, twins, 16 j 17c;, Young America, 17 17$c; factory prices, llie less. Batter Fancy creamery, ' 22e per pound; extras, 21c; dairy, 2022c; tore, 1618c. Eggs 16 17c per dozen. . Hops Choice, 1820o per pound. Wool Valley, -, 1215c Eastern Oregon, 8gl4)$c,; mohair, S5.36o. Beef Gross, cows, .:8i4o per pound; steers, 45c; dressed, 70. Veal 88Ko. Mutton Gross, 77.e(er pound; dressed, 89o. ' " Lambs - Gross, 4c per pound; dressed, 7Kc " Bogs Gross, 77Kc per " ponnd; dressed,8S8)tO. J 1 Tet Words in Literature. There are pet ; words -hr sUterature words which become the fashion for a time and then , take rank again in ob scurlty., jThujs in the. eighteenth cen tury we: find, such word's as "vastly,", "hugely ,'Vtbe qualify" '."genteel," etc. "Elegant" still lingers conspicuously In America and In England at the present time especial favor seems to be, slwwn to "convincing,' . NpgUni' and "sireuu- '4 ft- 1 li up .s